crambon.

Brit.

/ˈkrambəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkræmboʊ/

Etymology: apparently a popular variation of crambe n.

a. A game in which one player gives a word or line of verse to which each of the others has to find a rhyme.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > crambo, etc.

crambe1631

crambo1660

dumb crambo1811

1660 S. Pepys Diary 19 May (1970) I. 149 From hence to The Hague again, playing at Crambo in the waggon.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶6 A Cluster of Men and Women..diverting themselves at a Game of Crambo.

1712 Steele Spectator No. 504. ⁋1 Those who can play at Crambo, or cap Verses.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Crambo, a Play in Rhiming, in which he that repeats a Word that was said before, forfeits something.

1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 289 A sort of Hellenic crambo—Hesiod singing one verse, and Homer filling up the meaning with another.

b. dumb crambo n. a game in which one set of players have to guess a word agreed upon by the other set, after being told what word it rhymes with, by acting in dumb show one word after another till they find it. (Sometimes transferred = dumb show.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > without speech

dumb show1594

pantomimicry1728

pantomime1791

dumb crambo1811

dumb-play1920

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > crambo, etc.

crambe1631

crambo1660

dumb crambo1811

1811 Wynne Diaries 12 Sept. (1940) III. x. 340 They were obliged to dance reels and play at dumb Crambo.

1826 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 293 One finds my pretty chambermaid, And courts her in dumb crambo.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 66 And showed suspicions in dumb crambo.

1884 ‘E. Lyall’ We Two III. iii. 83 Brush your hair with your hands! This is something between Dumb Crambo and Mulberry Bush!

2. transferred. Rhyme, rhyming: said in contempt.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry

doggerel1630

crambo1697

rhymery1822

poetasterism1823

poetastery1833

canicular1872

1697 M. Prior Satire Mod. Transl. 92 in Wks. (1892) II. 362 Rymer to Crambo privelege does claim Not from the poet's genius, but his name.

1708 Brit. Apollo 27 Feb.–3 Mar. For Faith the freedom of Dear Cuz, Pop'd out as Crambo pat to Buzz.

1728 J. Swift To Stella in J. Swift et al. Misc. Last vol. 292 His Similies in Order set, And ev'ry Crambo he cou'd get.

1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Foreign Rev. 1 461 In the course of a page or two of such crambo, many love-tokens come to light.

1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic lxxxiv Every scribbler he permits embalm His crambo in the Journal's corner!

†3. A fashion in drinking. Obsolete. (Cf. crambe n. 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > fashion in drinking

crambo1606

crambe1631

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. B2 And were drunke, according to all the learned rules of Drunkennes, as Vpsy-Freeze, Crambo, Parmizant, &c.

1617 T. Young Englands Bane sig. D^v He is a man of no fashion that cannot drinke super naculum, Carouse the Hunters Hoope, quaffe Vpsey-fresse crosse, Bowse in Permoysaunt, in Pimlico, in Crambo.

†4. = crambe n., repetition. Also attributive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > story or news which is dull through repetition

coleworts twice sodden1577

sanctus1594

crambe1611

staleness1617

cramboc1670

cold treat1709

chestnut1880

c1670 A. Marvell Hist. Poem in State Poems (1697) 105 And with dull Crambo feed the silly Sheep.

1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 154 Stuffing every half page..with his crambo Storys.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as crambo-rhyme, crambo-song; crambo-clink n., crambo-jingle n. = sense 2.

ΚΠ

1762 R. Lloyd Poems 113 Sacred to Thee the Crambo Rhime.

1786 R. Burns Poems 197 Amaist as soon as I could spell, I to the crambo-jingle fell.

1786 R. Burns Poems 181 A' ye wha live by crambo-clink.

1789 F. Burney Diary 19 Feb. (1842) IV. 420 A crambo song, on his own name.

1876 Clerk in D. Macleod Life N. Macleod I. iii. 33 He would improvise crambo rhymes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crambo
释义	crambon. Brit. /ˈkrambəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkræmboʊ/ Etymology: apparently a popular variation of crambe n. 1. a. A game in which one player gives a word or line of verse to which each of the others has to find a rhyme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > crambo, etc. crambe1631 crambo1660 dumb crambo1811 1660 S. Pepys Diary 19 May (1970) I. 149 From hence to The Hague again, playing at Crambo in the waggon. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶6 A Cluster of Men and Women..diverting themselves at a Game of Crambo. 1712 Steele Spectator No. 504. ⁋1 Those who can play at Crambo, or cap Verses. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Crambo, a Play in Rhiming, in which he that repeats a Word that was said before, forfeits something. 1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 289 A sort of Hellenic crambo—Hesiod singing one verse, and Homer filling up the meaning with another. b. dumb crambo n. a game in which one set of players have to guess a word agreed upon by the other set, after being told what word it rhymes with, by acting in dumb show one word after another till they find it. (Sometimes transferred = dumb show.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > [noun] > without speech dumb show1594 pantomimicry1728 pantomime1791 dumb crambo1811 dumb-play1920 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > crambo, etc. crambe1631 crambo1660 dumb crambo1811 1811 Wynne Diaries 12 Sept. (1940) III. x. 340 They were obliged to dance reels and play at dumb Crambo. 1826 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 293 One finds my pretty chambermaid, And courts her in dumb crambo. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 66 And showed suspicions in dumb crambo. 1884 ‘E. Lyall’ We Two III. iii. 83 Brush your hair with your hands! This is something between Dumb Crambo and Mulberry Bush! 2. transferred. Rhyme, rhyming: said in contempt. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] > bad or doggerel poetry doggerel1630 crambo1697 rhymery1822 poetasterism1823 poetastery1833 canicular1872 1697 M. Prior Satire Mod. Transl. 92 in Wks. (1892) II. 362 Rymer to Crambo privelege does claim Not from the poet's genius, but his name. 1708 Brit. Apollo 27 Feb.–3 Mar. For Faith the freedom of Dear Cuz, Pop'd out as Crambo pat to Buzz. 1728 J. Swift To Stella in J. Swift et al. Misc. Last vol. 292 His Similies in Order set, And ev'ry Crambo he cou'd get. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Foreign Rev. 1 461 In the course of a page or two of such crambo, many love-tokens come to light. 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic lxxxiv Every scribbler he permits embalm His crambo in the Journal's corner! †3. A fashion in drinking. Obsolete. (Cf. crambe n. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > fashion in drinking crambo1606 crambe1631 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. B2 And were drunke, according to all the learned rules of Drunkennes, as Vpsy-Freeze, Crambo, Parmizant, &c. 1617 T. Young Englands Bane sig. D^v He is a man of no fashion that cannot drinke super naculum, Carouse the Hunters Hoope, quaffe Vpsey-fresse crosse, Bowse in Permoysaunt, in Pimlico, in Crambo. †4. = crambe n., repetition. Also attributive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > story or news which is dull through repetition coleworts twice sodden1577 sanctus1594 crambe1611 staleness1617 cramboc1670 cold treat1709 chestnut1880 c1670 A. Marvell Hist. Poem in State Poems (1697) 105 And with dull Crambo feed the silly Sheep. 1705 in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 154 Stuffing every half page..with his crambo Storys. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as crambo-rhyme, crambo-song; crambo-clink n., crambo-jingle n. = sense 2. ΚΠ 1762 R. Lloyd Poems 113 Sacred to Thee the Crambo Rhime. 1786 R. Burns Poems 197 Amaist as soon as I could spell, I to the crambo-jingle fell. 1786 R. Burns Poems 181 A' ye wha live by crambo-clink. 1789 F. Burney Diary 19 Feb. (1842) IV. 420 A crambo song, on his own name. 1876 Clerk in D. Macleod Life N. Macleod I. iii. 33 He would improvise crambo rhymes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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